1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 1:00 AM CST, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 200 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002 REMINDER...OUR RADAR IS STILL NOT UP TO FULL SPEED SO DEPICTED RAINFALL AMTS MAY BE UNDERDONE. MODELS HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFS THIS CYCLE...BUT ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT...THEY ALL INDC RAIN TDA. AVN APPEARS TO HAVE THE SLIGHTLY BETTER HANDLE ON WHATS HAPPENING AS OF NOW. ETA 06Z SFC PRESSURES IN PARTICULAR ARE TOO HIGH OVR THE GULF. BOTH TAKE THE BEST MOISTURE OUT OF THE CWA THIS AFTN AND TNGT. 2.4-2.5 PW MAX PROGGED ACRS THE AREA TDA DRIES TO 2.1-2.2. AVN SHOWS A COUPLE OF LOW LVL SPEED MAXES OVR THE AREA...WHICH MOV N THIS AFTN AND TNGT. WE ARE IN A FAVORABLE UPR JET REGION AS WELL. IR SAT IMAGERY BEGINNING TO ENHANCE S AND E OF BRO...SO THIS WILL CAUSE INTENSIFICATION OF PRECIP OVR AREA AS IT MOVES N. GROUND IS PRETTY SOGGY DUE TO RECENT RAINS...SO WILL KEEP FFA GOING TDA IN CASE HEAVIER PRECIP TO THE S HOLDS TOGETHER...AND AVN CERTAINLY SUGGESTS THAT IT WILL. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT WE COULD SEE A BRIEF ISOLD SVR CELL TDA. MODEL SOUNDING CAPES RISE TO ABT 3000 WITH HELICITIES TO 150. THINKING TOO THAT WE COULD GET SOME BRKS IN THE CLDS S PORTIONS THIS AFTN...HELPING ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE FURTHER. REST OF FCST BASICALLY LEFT UNTOUCHED. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION TDA WILL BECOME MORE ISOLD AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES WITH H5 RDG BLDG IN FROM THE E. .HGX...FFA ALL OF SE TX TODAY. PRELIMS... CLL TB 085/074 092/075 093 943 IAH TB 086/075 093/075 094 933 GLS TB 087/079 088/080 089 932
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-211>214-227-237-238-162200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 410 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE IS RICH WITH MOISTURE...SO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED IN SPOTS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ENVIRONMENT IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. WINDS ARE ALSO INCREASING IN SPEED AND TURNING MORE TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST WITH HEIGHT. THESE TWO INGREDIENTS CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ISOLATED STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT US ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX. END/46
The Houston radar (KHGX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:42 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor street flooding on county roads across the western portion of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5311570.